With the first P20 billion of PhilHealth’s transfer used for health emergency allowance claims, PhilHealth President Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. reiterated the state insurer’s hope that the rest of the funds will be used for other healthcare projects
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This will be the second tranche of the state insurer’s controversial transfer of P89.9-billion “excess funds” ordered by the Department of Finance in a circular in February. PhilHealth President Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. said they are merely following directives. Recto previously defended the legality of the DOF’s directive, citing the provision of the 2024 General Appropriations Act on unprogrammed funds. He also noted that Congress can order the DOF to stop collecting funds from the state insurer.
“It is because the additional resources presented by the initial remittance of the P20 billion that this is made possible within the year,” he added. DOH Spokesman Dr. Albert Domingo said the agency initially included the needed funding for the unpaid allowances in its 2025 budget proposal, but it was removed.
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